The effects of any budget/program decisions made since the information was collected during 1997-98 are NOT reflected in the National Security Space Road Map (NSSRM).

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(U) UHF Next Generation Satellite

Description (U):

(U) The UHF Next Generation Satellite supports the DoD Space Architect's MILSATCOM Architecture goal of providing adequate communications capabilities to enable battlefield dominance and information superiority. The transition strategy from today's UHF system to the future is to sustain the current UHF capabilities in the UHF Follow-On (UFO) satellites through a transition period, nominally until 2010, and decide in the 2003 to 2005 timeframe on the preferred approach to provide netted mobile and hand-held voice paging, and Low Data Rate (LDR) broadcast services. Several alternatives are under consideration for this future capability include a geosynchronous UHF-cellular system, a MEO UHF-cellular, and a GEO UHF with a non-space complement such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with a communications payload.

User Impact (U):

(U) To be supplied.

Programmatics (U):

(U) Concept/Technology.

• (U) IOC: 01/2010 (2QFY2010).
  
  (U) The IOC date of 01/01/2010 is a temporary date used only to show the follow-on relationship between the UHF Next Generation Satellite and the UHF Follow-on program. The correct IOC date for the UHF Next Generation Satellite will be used once it has been determined. This determination will be made based on the health of the UHF Follow-On (UFO) satellites.

Images (U):

(U) None.

Related Initiatives (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
Adv Wideband Satellite (AWS)	Advanced Wideband Satellite (AWS)
Airborne Integrated Terminal	Airborne Integrated Terminal (AIT)
AN/ARC-210(V)	AN/ARC-210(V)
Network Control Station (NCS)	Network Control Station (NCS)
UHF Follow-on (UFO)	Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Follow-on (UFO)

Related Requirements (U): None.

Related Categories (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
MILSATCOM	Military Sattelite Communications
UHF Satellite Systems	Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Satellite Systems

Road Map Placements (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
Major DoD Space Programs	Evolution of the Selected Space Programs
MILSATCOM	SPACE FORCE ENHANCEMENT: MILSATCOM
National Security Space Road Map	Integrated System Road Map

Requirements, Funding and Additional Hotlinks (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name
EMUT-Army Project Book
Global Broadcast Service (GBS)

Lead Office (U):

DoD.

Point of Contact (U):

(U) Maj Steven Cliatt, SMC, Open Phone: (310) 336-4475.

Date Of Information (U):

(U) 29 September 1997

(U) Road Map Production Date: 23 June 2001